290 MERRILL. 



the other, apicidate, not ciliate. Ovary pvtbesceiit ovoid, 2-celled: style 

 glabrous, about 5 mm long. Disk pubescent. 



Luzon, Province of Caniarines, Mount Isarog, For. Bur. lOJfSS C'urran, May, 

 1908, in forests at about 1,000 m altitude. A specimen collected by Rosenbluth, 

 For. Bur. 12220, from either Mindoro or Lubang is possibly referable liere, but it 

 has more strongly acuminate leaves, and no axillary glands. 



Probably most closely allied to Elaeocarpus niulti/lorus (Turc/. ) F.-VilL, Viut 

 (|uit(' distinct from tliat species. 



Elaeocarpus subglobosus sp. nov. § Ganitrus. 



Arbor 10 ad 20 m alta glabra, partibus junioribus infloreseentiisque 

 exceptis; foliis oblongis, firmiter chartaceis, usque ad 12 cm longis, apice 

 breviter obtuseqtte acuminatis, basi acutis, margine leviter crenatis, nervis 

 utrinque 10 ad 12; racemis axillaribus, pubescentibus, foliis multo 

 brevioribus ; fioribus 5-meris, petalis laciniatis ; staminibus circiter 25 ; 

 ovario o-loculare; fructibus subglobosis 5- vel 4-locellatis, circiter 12 mm 

 diametro. 



A tree 10 to 20 m high. Branches terete, dark-grayish-brown, gla- 

 brous, the 3^ounger branchlets, petioles and young leaves rather densely 

 pubescent witli appressed, pale, often shining iiairs. Leaves oblong, 

 firmly chartaceous, 7 to 12 cm long, 3 to 4.5 cm wide, not or but 

 sliglitly shining, glabrous except the very youngest ones, apex shortly 

 and obtusely acuminate, base acute, margins slightly crenate; nerves, 10 

 to 12 on each side of the midrib, distinct, forked, obscurely anastomosing, 

 tlie axils of the primary nerves and of the larger reticuhttions glandular; 

 petioles 1 to 2 cm long, at first appressed-pubescent. ultimately glabrous. 

 IJacemes axillary, solitary, 2 to 4 cm long, appressed-ptibescent, the 

 ])edicels about 5 mm. long. Sepals 5, lanceolate, acuminate, 6 mm. hmg, 

 1.5 mm wide, pubescent outside, keeled within. Petals as long as the 

 sepals, lacinate to the middle, slightly hairy on the margins below. 

 Stamens about 25 ; anthers linear, scabrid, one cell slightly longer than 

 the other and ciliate at its apex. Ovary ovoid, pubescent, 5-celled; style 

 5 mm long, glabrous. Fruits purple, globose to obscurely globose-ellip- 

 soid, about 12 mm in diameter, 5-rarely 4-celled, the endocarp bony. 



Luzon, Province of Benguet, Baguio, For. Bur. .18317 Alvwrcz, December, 1908; 

 Williams 10.36, October, 1904. 



Allied to Elaeocarpus sphaericu.'< (Caertn.) K. Sch., but quite distinct. 



^iALVAr^j:/io. 



KOSTELETZKYA Presl. 



Kosteletzkya batacensis (I'.lanco) K.-\'ilI. Nov. App. MSStii 24. 



Hibiscus batacensis Blanco Fl. Filip. (18:}7) 544. ed. 2 (1S45) 380, ed. 3, 

 2:334. 



Luzon, Province of IIocos Norte. Bur. Sci. 3315 Meanis. .Jantiary, 1907: Prov- 

 ince of Ri/.al, Pasay, /-'. de la Liana, February, 1908, Normal School distribu- 

 tion 321. 



The rediscovery of Uibi.'icus batacen.ns is considered worthy of record, as the 

 species lias not otlierwise been collected since Blanco's time. I'.-A'illar gives a 



